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The 7 Deadly Sins of Trading

Every blown account tells the same story. Different traders, different markets, different years — but the path to zero follows the same seven fatal patterns. This is the autopsy.

Account Destruction Level
Healthy Warning Critical Liquidated

Before We Begin...

In the next 15 minutes, you'll witness the complete destruction of 7 trading accounts. Each one killed by a different sin. Each one preventable. Each one will feel uncomfortably familiar. That's the point.

1
The Sin of Wrath

Revenge Trading: "I'll Show This Market"

You took a loss. A clean stop. The market did what the market does. But your ego? Your ego decided this was personal. Now you're not trading the chart. You're trading your emotions. And the market eats emotional traders for breakfast.

The Trader's Inner Monologue

"I was right, the market is wrong. I'll just take a bigger position and make it back. No stop this time — I'm not getting shaken out again. This is the bounce. It HAS to be the bounce..."

9:35 AM
Clean loss on NIFTY puts. -₹15,000. Stop hit perfectly.
9:42 AM
Immediately re-enters. 3x the size. "The reversal is coming."
10:15 AM
Position underwater. Moves stop further. Then removes it.
3:25 PM
Account down 47%. One trading day. One emotion.
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3.2x
Average Position Size Increase
⏱️
47 min
Time to Double Down
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89%
Lose More That Day
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The Kill Shot
The market doesn't know you exist. It's not personal. It never was.
💊 The Survivor's Antidote
  • After any loss over 2%, step away for 1 hour minimum
  • Never increase position size after a losing trade
  • Set a daily loss limit and treat it as law
  • Write down WHY you took the loss before the next trade
2
The Sin of Greed

Overleveraging: "Why Make 10% When I Can Make 100%?"

The broker offers 20x leverage. Your setup is "perfect." The math is simple: if this moves 5% in your direction, you're up 100%. What you forgot: if it moves 5% against you, you're liquidated.

The Trader's Inner Monologue

"I've backtested this. 78% win rate. Risk-reward is 1:3. With 20x leverage, I can turn ₹1 lakh into ₹10 lakh in a month. The math is bulletproof. What could go wrong?"

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10x
Average Leverage Used
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5%
Move to Wipe Out
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23 days
Average Time to Zero
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The Kill Shot
Leverage is a magnifier. It doesn't just magnify gains — it magnifies stupidity.
💊 The Survivor's Antidote
  • Never risk more than 2% of account on a single trade
  • Treat available leverage as a trap, not an opportunity
  • Position size first, then set leverage — never reverse
  • If you can't survive 10 consecutive losses, you're overleveraged
3
The Sin of Pride

"I Don't Need Stop Losses — I Know When to Exit"

Stops are for beginners. You've been trading for 6 months. You can feel when a trade is going wrong. Besides, the market always comes back, right? Right?

The Trader's Inner Monologue

"Stop losses just get you chopped out of good trades. Last week I would have been stopped out twice, but I held and both came back green. I'll exit when I know it's really over. Trust the process."

Entry
Long BANKNIFTY at 46,000. "Clear breakout pattern."
-300 pts
"Just noise. It'll come back. Always does."
-800 pts
"I'm basically a long-term investor now."
-2,000 pts
Margin call. Forced exit. 6 months of gains — gone.
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0%
Stop Loss Usage
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15x
Avg Loss vs Planned
🧠
73%
Trades Held Too Long
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The Kill Shot
A stop loss is not an admission of failure. It's a declaration of survival.
💊 The Survivor's Antidote
  • No trade entry without a predefined stop — ever
  • Place the stop IMMEDIATELY upon entry
  • Once set, stops can only move in your favor
  • If you keep getting stopped out, your entry is the problem
4
The Sin of Sloth

"A Guy on Twitter Said Buy" — The YOLO Entry

Research is boring. Charts are confusing. But this guy has 50k followers and he just posted 🚀🚀🚀. That's basically the same as fundamental analysis, right? In you go, full size.

The Trader's Inner Monologue

"He called the last 3 trades perfectly. 50,000 followers can't be wrong. I don't have time to learn all that technical stuff anyway. I'll just follow the smart money. He's basically my mentor."

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2 min
Avg "Research" Time
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68%
Trades From Tips
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0
Exit Plan Before Entry
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The Kill Shot
The person giving free tips on social media has already taken the trade. You are the exit liquidity.
💊 The Survivor's Antidote
  • If you can't explain why you're in the trade, you shouldn't be in it
  • Write down 3 reasons for every trade before entry
  • No trade from tips without your own analysis confirming it
  • Ask: "Would I take this trade if no one recommended it?"
5
The Sin of Envy

FOMO: "Everyone's Making Money Except Me"

Your friend made 40% last month. Twitter is full of screenshots showing 10x gains. You're up 8% and it feels like failure. So you abandon your strategy and chase whatever's running. You enter at the top. Every. Single. Time.

The Trader's Inner Monologue

"This stock is up 200% in a week. If I don't get in now, I'll miss everything. Sure it's extended, but look at that momentum! The trend is your friend. I'll just catch the last 50%..."

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+180%
Move Before Your Entry
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-45%
Move After Your Entry
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94%
Bought Near The Top
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The Kill Shot
By the time you hear about it, by the time it's "obvious" — the trade is over. You're not early. You're the exit.
💊 The Survivor's Antidote
  • Missing a trade costs you nothing. Chasing costs you everything.
  • Only trade your own setups, not someone else's screenshots
  • If a stock has moved 100%+, wait for a pullback or move on
  • Comparison is the thief of compounding
6
The Sin of Gluttony

Overtrading: "More Trades = More Money, Right?"

The market is open. You should be trading. Every candle is an opportunity. You take 47 trades before lunch. Your broker loves you. Your account? Not so much.

The Trader's Inner Monologue

"I'm not going to sit here and do nothing while the market moves. Every tick is money I'm leaving on the table. I need to be active. I need to be IN the market. That's what real traders do."

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47
Trades Per Day
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₹2.3L
Yearly Brokerage Paid
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23%
Trades Following Strategy
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The Kill Shot
The best traders do LESS. Every trade is a decision. Decision fatigue kills accounts.
💊 The Survivor's Antidote
  • Set a maximum of 3-5 trades per day
  • Track your brokerage as a % of profits — it should shock you
  • Quality setups are rare. Wait for them.
  • Not trading IS a position. Often the best one.
7
The Sin of Lust

The Holy Grail: "There Must Be a Perfect System"

You've bought 12 courses. Subscribed to 8 indicators. Tested 200 strategies. Nothing works consistently. So you keep searching. The perfect system must exist. Somewhere. Maybe the next course has it...

The Trader's Inner Monologue

"This indicator is close but not quite right. I need something that works in all market conditions. The pros must have something I don't. That ₹50,000 course probably has the secret. It's an investment in myself."

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₹4.2L
Spent on Courses
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23
Strategies Abandoned
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2.3 wks
Avg Time Per Strategy
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The Kill Shot
The Holy Grail doesn't exist. Every edge has periods of failure. Consistency IS the edge.
💊 The Survivor's Antidote
  • Pick ONE strategy. Trade it for 100 trades before changing.
  • A mediocre strategy traded perfectly beats a "perfect" strategy traded poorly
  • The edge is in execution, not the system
  • Stop buying courses. Start reviewing your own trades.

The Universal Path to Account Death

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Confidence
Strategy works. Easy money. I'm a genius.
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Overconfidence
Size up. Skip stops. Rules are for beginners.
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Denial
It'll come back. Just hold. Average down.
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Panic
Revenge trade. All in. Make it back.
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Death
Margin call. Account gone. "I'll be back."

💬 From the Trading Graveyard

Real confessions from traders who blew up accounts

"I had ₹12 lakhs. Turned it into ₹28 lakhs in 3 months using 15x leverage. Then one gap down. One single morning. ₹4 lakhs left. I tried to make it back that same week. Now I have ₹47,000."

Futures Trader, 2024 Loss: ₹11.5 Lakhs

"I kept saying 'one more trade to break even.' That 'one more trade' happened 47 times in one day. Each one bigger than the last. I was up ₹3 lakhs that morning. Down ₹8 lakhs by market close."

Options Trader, 2023 Loss: ₹11 Lakhs (1 day)

"Never used stop losses. I thought I was smarter than that. Then the market fell 6% in a week. I held. 'It has to bounce.' It didn't. When I finally sold, I had lost 78% of my account."

Swing Trader, 2023 Loss: ₹19 Lakhs
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The Resurrection Protocol

Blew up your account? You're not alone. 90% of traders do. Here's how the 10% come back.

1

Autopsy First

Don't deposit more money until you understand exactly what killed you. Review every trade. Find the pattern. It's always there.

2

Paper Trade

Rebuild confidence without risk. If you can't make money with fake money, real money won't help. 3 profitable months minimum.

3

Start Tiny

When you return, trade 1/10th your normal size. Prove you've changed. Scale up only after 50 profitable trades.

4

Rules Are Religion

Write your trading rules. Print them. Read them before every session. One violation = walk away for the day. No exceptions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Best trading windows: 9:30-10:30 AM (after opening volatility settles, trend emerges) and 2:00-3:15 PM (clear trend, less noise). Avoid first 15 minutes (gap volatility) and 12-1 PM (low volume). On expiry days, 2-3 PM often sees the biggest moves.

Option buying: Premium cost only (₹5,000-50,000 per lot). Option selling: SPAN + Exposure margin = ₹1-1.5 lakh per lot. Recommended minimum capital: ₹2-5 lakhs to trade safely with proper position sizing. Never trade with money you can't afford to lose.

Bank Nifty consists only of banking stocks which are highly sensitive to: RBI policy changes, interest rate decisions, credit growth data, and global banking news. It has higher FII participation and narrower breadth (12 stocks vs Nifty's 50), making it move faster and further.

On expiry day: theta decay is maximum (options lose value rapidly), gamma risk is highest (small moves cause big premium changes), ITM options settle at intrinsic value, OTM options expire worthless. Many traders avoid expiry day due to unpredictable moves. Wednesday is Bank Nifty weekly expiry.

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